BY ISOLDA MORILLO Behind every great man, there is a great woman. Or so the saying goes. Throughout history, women have come to the world, shaped their identities by concepts, [ … ]
Podcast: Oral histories and family stories with Karoline Kan
On the sixth episode of the NüVoices podcast, co-hosts Alice Xin Liu and Sophie Lu interview Karoline Kan 阚超群, a writer and reporter based in Beijing, currently working at the New York Times. Starting this autumn, Karoline [ … ]
Loud Murmurs: A feminist Chinese podcast deconstructing US pop culture
BY AFRA WANG Growing up in China in the early 2000s, my friends and I were extensively influenced by United States pop culture. I was an outstanding fourth grader who [ … ]
NüVoices launches in New York November 1!
NüVoices is an international editorial collective gathering veteran and emerging writers, journalists, translators and artists to celebrate and support the diverse creative work of self-identified women working on the subject [ … ]
How to rock your broadcast appearance
BY SOPHIA YAN Dear NüVoices family, I started my career with high hopes of penning long magazines features but somehow ended up in the crazy fast world of live television. Journeying [ … ]
Podcast: Joan Xu on screenwriting in China
In the fifth episode of the NüVoices podcast, Alice Xin Liu and Sophie Lu are joined by screenwriter Joan Xu. But first, Joanna Chiu announces the launch of the revamped [ … ]
NüVoices community: October social gathering in Hong Kong
Welcome to this informal event for the NüVoices community and network in Hong Kong! Let’s gather over some food and drinks to share information and knowledge, engage in discussions and share thoughts [ … ]
Personal Essay: Distances
BY HUIZHONG WU My best friend in middle school had dark blonde hair, blue eyes and a cocker spaniel named Hershey. Her house in the middle of the city had [ … ]
Five female Chinese artists explore femininity
BY CLARISSA TAM As much as beauty and aesthetics are often perceived to be “the woman’s domain,” the art world has long held the bad habit of overlooking female artists. [ … ]
Hong Kong’s lesbian spaces and the stories behind them
BY BENITA CHICK The alley is dark and a bit creepy, and it doesn’t look like it leads to anywhere. Concealed within it is a secret spot that is unknown [ … ]
Breaking through the publishing glass ceiling: A tribute to my literary agent
BY SHERIDAN PRASSO I found out in June, by reading her obituary in the New York Times, that my agent had died. Elaine Markson was a remarkable woman, and her [ … ]
Fiction Excerpt: Tender Darling
BY NANCY L. CONYERS “Lisa, I must tell you, I don’t want to rent to a Chinese,” Helen said when she and Lisa were touring Helen’s apartment in the newly [ … ]
Travel Essay: Hiking Huangshan helped me conquer the mountain within
BY BETTY XIAO It was a warm spring in Huangshan, Central China last year. Home to China’s famous “Yellow Mountain,” the city welcomes adventure-seeking tourists every year who are drawn [ … ]
Podcast: Technology and bias with Christina Larson
In this fourth episode of the NüVoices Podcast, Alice and Sophie are joined by fellow NüVoices board member Christina Larson, a longtime science and technology reporter on China. The three discuss [ … ]
Podcast: Meet fantasy writer Mima, who aspires to create China’s Game of Thrones
In this third episode of the NüVoices Podcast, Alice Xin Liu is joined by Sophie Lu, a board member of NüVoices who works in the cleantech and environment space. Sophie will [ … ]
NüVoices launches in Hong Kong
BY JENNIFER CREERY, HKFP NüVoices a collective of women writers and artists, celebrated its launch in Hong Kong last week. The initiative is aimed at supporting the diverse creative work of [ … ]
Podcast: China’s #MeToo momentum
In this second episode of the NüVoices podcast, hosts Alice Xin Liu and Joanna Chiu interview Yuan Yang, the Beijing-based technology correspondent for the Financial Times, on how #MeToo has gained [ … ]
Podcast: News assistants in China
In this debut episode of the NüVoices podcast, Alice Xin Liu and Joanna Chiu interview two Chinese women who work as news assistants for foreign media in China. News assistants are sometimes dubbed [ … ]
A NüVoices gathering in Taipei
BY GRACE JACKSON On June 8, NüVoices held its first gathering in Taipei at Alleycats Pizza in Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei. Over three-cup-chicken pizza, a small group of locally [ … ]
Shanghai NüVoices discussion salon
BY MEGAN CATTEL NüVoices held its Shanghai launch on June 16th at Bitter on Wu Yuan Lu. Attendees were encouraged to discuss their firsthand experiences with sexism in small groups. [ … ]